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A. A. THOMAS.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1910.

1,092,96 1 Patented Apr. 14, 1914,

I a? v onrrno sfrsirns PATENT onnion,

ADELBERT A. THOMAS, 033 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR TO FARRINGTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF, BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF IMAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

To all 'llhO/IL it may concern Be it known that I, Aonnnsnr A. 'liioniiis, a citizen of the United States, and residing at the city of Boston, in the county of Sui follcand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bones, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relntesespecially to the construction of small boxes or receivers for jewelry and other small objects, and has for its object the efl'ectiug of theiniprovements infdetails hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is overtical sect-ion of a box. made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is at perspective view illustrating the means whereby the members composing the sides are fastened together, and also whereby the bottom is secured the sides; the top being aittlxed to the members composing the cover in the same man-- ner. Fig, 3 is a perspective viewof said bottom, but is equally illustrative of the top. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of one of the devices for fastening said members together,

In constructing this box, the four members cornposin the sides of the lower section of the box consist of the wooden strips 1 and 2;-l designating the ends end 2 the sides,are preferably placed in it suitable holding means with their ends closely tasting, and such ends fastened strongl gether as by the devices illustrated in Fig. 4 These fastening devices consist econ of a sheet metal angle having integral fingers l. at the top end"" t-to1n edges; eight such fingers being p. "ed for each ni'igle-piece These angle-pieces are placed within the corners of the membe s 1 and 2 and said flingers bent tightly the edges of the some as in'Fig. s inenibe" d may then he rem v means aforesaid and 22 i other covering; about the oute covering lower e more or posing; the

vices are practically invisible after said COYOUIHQ has been posted upon the box. It

should be noted that this covering is applied to the box-members l and 2 before the bot- Y and economically done. A rectzingulur piece of sheet metal 7 slightly larger than the exterior of said box-members, is now formed and a number of spurs 8 struck up therein, the latter being located to fit up tightly within the box members. A similar covering 9 is then posted to the under face of this bottom, and the edges of such covering brought up and over the outer edges of the bottom into substantial contact with said spurs. This is indicated in Fig. 1. This covered. bottom 7 is then applied to the boxmembers 1 2, and said spews terminally bent outward into the material composing said members, as in Fig. 2, thereby strongly fastening said sides and bottom together.

The side members composing the cover are put together in precisely the some way, and the top 10 fonned With spurs 8 and fixed upon said members 11, as just. described; the

i: eiliiigi devices 3 dispe with; the cw ing; which is stretched it out said mentserving to hold them together with able strength. it shoi'ild IPfiClC:

in. thus covering said sides, strip 'ih-ric or other material is first pasted o e part of the outer 1 in l? and then. passed there *1. in 11; one corner, ns B, and thence llOTigZ the end of t box to the next corner;

owing" side 2 in l he inning.

l 11 s method surface of oot;

binds the box members to each other as just described.

lVhat I claim a my invention and for Which I desireLetters Patent, is as follows,-

to wit 1. A case for jewelry and the like comprising Wooden side-members fastened together at their ends, and a sheet metal plate corresponding in outline to the outer periphery of said side-members and extending slightly beyond the same, said plate having spurs struck up from it Within said sidelnembers, each spur having its sharp end bent at right angles to the body thereof and forced into the substance composing the sidemembers and such body being brought flat against the inner surface of the side-member thereat.

2. A case for jewelry and the like comprising wooden side-members fastened t0- gether at their ends, a. covering applied to the outer periphery thereof and over the edges of the same, a sheet metal plate corresponding in outline to the said periphery then fastened together.

In testimony that I claim the fore oing invention, I have hereunto set my ban this 8th day of March,'1910.

ADELBERT A. THOMAS. Witnesses A. B. UPHAM, HENRY L. WHI'I'I'LESEY. 

